Chose Surname
Approximately 958 people bear this surname
Chose Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 281 | 1:192,803 | 20,875 |
| Tanzania | 245 | 1:216,088 | 18,072 |
| United States | 194 | 1:1,868,345 | 121,641 |
| Botswana | 121 | 1:18,074 | 3,590 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 75 | 1:669,582 | 43,760 |
The alternate forms: Chosé (3) are calculated separately.
Chose (180) may also be a first name.
Chose Demographics
Average Chose Salary in
United States
$46,172 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chose Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chose Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chose (Arabic: آثر) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Chosé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chose? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chose is the 374,029th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,607,042 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 70 percent of Chose reside; 42 percent reside in Southern Africa and 42 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chose is also the 679,247th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 180 people.
The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 192,803. In South Africa Chose is mostly found in: North West, where 76 percent are found, Gauteng, where 18 percent are found and Free State, where 2 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 26 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.
Chose Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chose has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Chose surname rose 259 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Chose Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Chose surname are 7.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.22% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Chose earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.21% less than the national average, earning R 68,412 per year; in United States they earn 7.01% more than the national average, earning $46,172 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.04% more than the national average, earning $68,584 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chose Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chose in the Arabic language | ||
| آثر | athr | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chose
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